Speaker - Carol Dival. Wellington is famous for his leadership at the Battle of Waterloo, but Carol - a Napoleonic War expert - will be telling the story of the failed siege of Burgos and a difficult retreat, a time when perhaps things didn't go so well...
Speaker - Dr. Liam McCarthy. Dr. McCarthy is a Honorary Fellow of the University of Leicester School of History Politics and International Relations. In this talk he will present an alternative view of the history of Americans in Leicester. Doors open at 7pm for a 7.30pm start. Tea/coffee available & CD/Book Stall.
Speaker - Suzanne Mountain. Hinckley member Suzanne will take us on a journey through some of the local, national, and international events that led up to, and occurred during, Hinckley's framework knitting past. Join us to learn more! Doors open at 7pm for a 7.30pm start. Free onsite parking.
The Society will hold its 2026 AGM at the Friends' Meeting House, 16 Queen's Road, Leicester LE2 1WP.Doors will open from 1.30 p.m. - the AGM will start at 2 p.m.There will be a presentation 'Stories from the Search Service' by our Publicity Officer following the AGM. Tea and coffee will be available. Non-members are […]
Speaker - Colin Hyde. As you walk along a street of Victorian houses, it can be striking how much variation there can be in design, layout and decoration. Colin will take us through examples of this variation and tell a story that may make you look differently at these streets of "all the same" buildings. […]
The Leicester branch will be visiting the National Gas Museum, Aylestone Road, Leicester. Booking is required. From 8 July onwards email leicester@lrfhs.org.uk for details. Please do not email prior to this date.
Speaker - Susan Barton. Thomas Cook was well-known for their travel business, and Susan will be telling the story of their founder and how the business came to be so famous over the years.
Speaker - Nigel Mann. Nigel will be exploring the problems and challenges faced by immigrants in Britain through the 17th and 18th centuries. He will follow a family of refugees from their home in northern France to the Netherlands, then to Yorkshire and finally gaining safety in a religious retreat in Cambridgeshire. We will hear […]
Speaker - Ned Newitt. Ned is a well-known historian and speaker, and this talk will look at the 'infidels' of Leicester. These freethinkers risked imprisonment, lost jobs and were ostracised because of their fight for the freedoms enjoyed today. Doors open at 7pm for a 7.30pm start. Tea/coffee available & CD/Book Stall.
Speaker - Gareth King. An opportunity to visit medieval Oakham and discover not only what the town was like so long ago, but also to learn about the lives that our distant ancestors would have lived some 700 years ago.
An evening of opportunity to bring along and share challenges and barriers that you have encountered in your family history research. There will be open and friendly discussion and debate, and the combined experience of contributors will be a great help in finding solutions to whatever has brought your research to a shuddering halt.
Speaker - Simon Pawley. Simon will cover census history from Domesday Book, through subsequent collections of data and on to the Napoleonic wars and the need to establish potential soldier numbers. The familiar census format started in 1841 and he will talk on the evolution of our national census. There will also be advice on […]